澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2009-11-11

New Zealand has rejected a Federal Government proposal to take some of the asylum¹ seekers from an Australian Customs ship. The proposal is part of the government’s plan to try to resolve the standoff involving 78 asylum seekers on the Oceanic Viking. The Foreign Minister met Indonesian officials overnight. He says he’s confident the problem will be resolved soon.

“If the matter is not resolved by Friday, we fully² expect that the diplomatic clearance³ for the Oceanic Viking will again be extended.”

The Sri Lankans have been on board the ship in Indonesian waters for more than three weeks and are refusing to go ashore⁴.

At least 32 people have died in another suicide bombing in Pakistan. More than forty others were injured when the blast went off in the town of Charsadda, near the northeastern city of Peshawar. It’s the third suicide attack in the region in as many days.

And Trooper Mark Donaldson, the first Australian to receive the Victoria Cross since the Vietnam War has met the Queen as part of Remembrance Day celebrations. Back home, people across the nation are preparing to pause to recognize the service of Australians in conflicts overseas.

And that’s your ABC News up-to-date. I’ll be back in an hour with more. Bye for now.

1 asylum   

n.避难所，庇护所，避难

参考例句：

• The people ask for political asylum.人们请求政治避难。
• Having sought asylum in the West for many years,they were eventually granted it.他们最终获得了在西方寻求多年的避难权。

2 fully   

adv.完全地，全部地，彻底地；充分地

参考例句：

• The doctor asked me to breathe in,then to breathe out fully.医生让我先吸气，然后全部呼出。
• They soon became fully integrated into the local community.他们很快就完全融入了当地人的圈子。

3 clearance   

n.净空；许可(证)；清算；清除，清理

参考例句：

• There was a clearance of only ten centimetres between the two walls.两堵墙之间只有十厘米的空隙。
• The ship sailed as soon as it got clearance. 那艘船一办好离港手续立刻启航了。

4 ashore   

adv.在(向)岸上，上岸

参考例句：

• The children got ashore before the tide came in.涨潮前，孩子们就上岸了。
• He laid hold of the rope and pulled the boat ashore.他抓住绳子拉船靠岸。